Frank C. Ball

Ball Brothers Company

1887 - 1943

Fabricated Goods

b. 1857

Personal

Born-Died

1857 - 1943

Birthplace

Ohio (OH)

Race

White

Father

Farmer / Rancher

In 1885, Ball Brothers Company, founded by Ball, his brother and uncle, began making glass fruit jars and caps. In 1887, they built a factory in Muncie, Indiana and converted the company into a corporation with Frank Ball as president. By the mid-1920s, Ball Brothers produced 1 million gross jars per year with an annual income of over $10 million dollars.